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Why we fight with one arm tied behind our backs
Tweet Share on Facebook March 13, 2006 CommentAs a postscript to Michael Ledeen's House testimony on encouraging peaceful revolution in Iran, here's a post from Belmont Club's Wretchard. It features three writers, of different views, whom I respect greatly: Oxford Prof. Timothy Garton Ash, who did such brilliant reporting and writing on the peaceful revolutions in eastern Europe; Col. Austin Bay of Texas, whose always incisive analysis is informed by his service as a reservist in Iraq; and Richard Fernandez (Wretchard), a native of the Philippines and student of history who now writes from Australia. Only in the blogosphere: an interchange between Oxford, San Antonio, and Sydney.
I want to quote the whole thing.
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Tolerating intolerance
Tweet Share on Facebook March 13, 2006 CommentAccording to powerlineblog.com, the following article was removed from the London Telegraph Web site "for legal reasons." It's an account of Guyana-born Muslim-turned-Christian Patrick Sookhdeo's view of Muslim clerics and their strategy of seeking to have Muslim enclaves in Britain subjected to sharia law:
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Puerto Rico stands up for freedom of expression
Tweet Share on Facebook March 13, 2006 CommentHere's a heartwarming story from the World Baseball Classic. At a game in San Juan between Puerto Rico and Cuba, a fan held up a sign that said, "Abajo Fidel"—down with Castro. It was visible on the TV feed to Cuba. The response:
